fallingfirst
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I just bought Asus M2N68 motherboard. Will it be able to support the Radeon HD 4870x2 graphic card? as it doesnt seem to have Hybrid CrossFireX Support.
Question regarding M2N68 motherboard
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PCI-E 16x 2.0 cards are backward compatible to 1.1 slots. Since that model supports 2.0 already the card will drop right in and work fine. Crossfire is when using two not one single card synced together. Other model boards will see two 16x slots while newer boards being seen now are seeing 3 or 4.
Hybird crossfire is using the onboard GPU with a lowerend PCIe ATI card in sorta of a Crossfire mode. Only the power saving mode works with the upperend cards. The 4870 X2 will run fine with that board.
You have to be running Vista not XP however. A good number of Asus models especially the M2N lineup are still more or less XP orientated there. The Hyper CrossFireX is relatively new and is strictly Vista orientated with the full description seen at http://ati.amd.com/technology/hybridgraphics/index.html
PC eye the board doesnt have Hybird Crossfire so it doesnt matter. The M2 in Asus boards just means that it is a Socket M2/AM2. Has nothing to do with XP or Vista compatability.
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When Asus isn't providing Vista support for the board it will. I have to go through the MS updater in order to get board drivers when reinstalling Vista for any reason since Asus is lagging behind there. That seems to be the case with the entire M2Nx and M2N-xxx lineup of models.
As far as the Hyper CrossfireX that is only now being seen on boards with the AMD 780 chipset. The M2N68 sees an nForce 630a chipset. That automatically rules out the term CrossFire to start with. But it still sees PCI-E 16x 2.0 support and will easily run that card.
Why would you use Asus or micrsoft drivers, they are just cut down older Nvidia drivers, unless you just get lucky when you went to the site and they just updated them. I would never use the drivers from the boards site.
Nvidia has had Vista drivers for the nforce 4/570/590 chip since Vista has been released. I,ve installed Vista on alot of M2 boards with no driver problem.
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That's simply the problem if you go to the support site looking for updates there. As far as going through the MS update I crossed checked a number of updates seen there with the manufacturer's latest to see the exact same results.
Software as well as hardware updates are usually marked "optional". With XP not Vista and the old look at the support site you used the custom not express option to look at the optional updates found in the left column not simply ignoring those to grab quich security, Win Defender, and other MS updates.
I even find ISP updates the ISP doesn't seem to provide. Fortunately the M2N68 and SLI models do see Vista at this time. http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us But the main question has already been answered anyways.
Software as well as hardware updates are usually marked "optional". With XP not Vista and the old look at the support site you used the custom not express option to look at the optional updates found in the left column not simply ignoring those to grab quich security, Win Defender, and other MS updates.
I even find ISP updates the ISP doesn't seem to provide. Fortunately the M2N68 and SLI models do see Vista at this time. http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us But the main question has already been answered anyways.
Well, that was three paragraphs on nothing.
You still miss the point apparently. The OP's question has already been answered.
I like the way you claim everybody misses the point when you say something stupid or are being corrected. Like M2 has something to do with being compatible with XP or Vista when all it means is socket M2 or getting driver updates from microsoft / like where do you think they get their drivers.
I could say the same about you when simply pointing to a 3rd party site carrying a stand alone installer for XP's or Vista's service packs and you screaming about an MS IT developers page for same that may cause problems for some. The developers pages are generally beta builds not the final finished versions when seen elsewhere.
You have really lost it. You say, I tell people to use the manufacture site to get drivers (right I do) which is the best thing to do! And I tell people to go to the manufacturers site to get SP/Serivce Packs and (I do) microsoft. Which by the way makes them and is the best thing to do.
And if you cant tell what is a beta is thats your fault. It usually says (BETA) right at the top. Or is the Beta thing your way to throw the subject off because the Beta is a download at your 3rd party site too, so your point is mute! Your so slow its unbelievable
And if you cant tell what is a beta is thats your fault. It usually says (BETA) right at the top. Or is the Beta thing your way to throw the subject off because the Beta is a download at your 3rd party site too, so your point is mute! Your so slow its unbelievable
A friend couldn't get SP3 onto XP when going to the MS download page and selected the IT delevopers version intended for server setups not stand alone desktops. That wasn't any beta release there. So I send him over to Softpedia to make sure he got the right one on. Waaaa Laaaa... All is fine now!
His mistake was simply labeled was in selecting "Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" rather then clicking on the "Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview" and finding the correct download link there bringing him to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&displaylang=en
When you are wondering if a board supports a particular device or hardware you don't go to NVidia.com to look at the board specifications there simply because the board has an nForce chipset. ddaaaa.... So your insults aren't getting you anywhere.
His mistake was simply labeled was in selecting "Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" rather then clicking on the "Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview" and finding the correct download link there bringing him to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&displaylang=en
When you are wondering if a board supports a particular device or hardware you don't go to NVidia.com to look at the board specifications there simply because the board has an nForce chipset. ddaaaa.... So your insults aren't getting you anywhere.
Nobody made that statement (including me). Is this another one of your side track issues you have. By making a statement thats nobodys talking about or said and declaring your right.
You are the one stating going to the manufacturer's site for drivers. For an Asus board you go to Asus, for Gigabyte you go to Gigabyte, For MSI you go to MSI not nvidia.com for driver support just because a particular board sees an nForce chipset. Don't forget drivers for things like sata/RAID controllers, onboard video and audio as well as other onboard items you won't find at the chipset manufacturers while those provide an alternative for certain select items only.